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Darwin on the Rise and Fall of Human Races
•ï¿½January 12, 2019
•ï¿½6,200 Words •ï¿½108 Comments • Reply
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (London: Penguin, 2004 [reprint of second edition, London: John Murray, 1879]). Western intellectual life today is characterized by a marked schizophrenia. On the one hand, virtually everyone accepts the scientific theory of Charles Darwin concerning the emergence and evolution of the various species... Read More
The Origins of Guilt: Darwin and Freud
•ï¿½July 4, 2014
•ï¿½2,100 Words •ï¿½17 Comments • Reply
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) believed that the capacity for guilt varies between individuals and among human populations. He also believed that this variability had, in part, a heritable basis. Humans are motivated to act correctly by either shame or guilt. We feel shame after acting wrongly in the presence of others. We feel guilt even when... Read More
Another Robert Chambers?
•ï¿½May 17, 2014
•ï¿½800 Words •ï¿½33 Comments • Reply
Robert Chambers (1802-1871). His anonymously published book, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844), helped pave the way for public acceptance of Darwin’s theory of evolution. (source) I haven't yet read Nicholas Wade's book A Troublesome Inheritance. I will venture to say, however, that it will be remembered less for its actual content than... Read More
Great Hair ... and How It Evolved
•ï¿½August 10, 2013
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Crystal Gayle, American country music singer (source). In humans of Eurasian origin, head hair can grow down to the mid-back and even farther. Long silky hair must have evolved relatively late, certainly no earlier than the last 50,000 years. All of us are born pale, and this infant pallor is striking in otherwise dark-skinned families.... Read More
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